Mashta Azar

Mashta Azar
مشتى عازار
Village
Mashta Azar
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°46′21″N 36°12′28″E / 34.77250°N 36.20778°E / 34.77250; 36.20778
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Talkalakh
Subdistrict Nasirah
Population (2004)
 • Total 783
Time zone UTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (EEST)

Mashta Azar (Arabic: مشتى عازار‎) is a village in northwestern Syria, located west of Homs in the Wadi al-Nasarah valley, a region north of Talkalakh. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Mashta Azar had a population of 783 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2]

It is a popular summer destination and tourist attraction in Syria.

References

  1. ↑ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ↑ Smith, 1841, p. 182.

Bibliography

  • Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. 3. Crocker and Brewster.


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